Professor Mary Edwards, Knowledge Exchange
Professor Mary Edwards researches, among other things, the biogeography, ecology and palaeoecology of northern regions and is currently working on the implications of changes in landscape and vegetation for carbon dynamics.
She previously lived in Alaska and worked at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. She has also worked on human-landscape interactions in Norway and the UK, and most recently on environmental DNA records from Siberia.
Contact information
Email: M.E.Edwards@soton.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)23 80592217
LAC
The study of sediment records from Arctic lakes in Russia, Greenland and Alaska to determine vegetation changes associated with past climate warming events, and how these have impacted on the lakes’ role as carbon sinks or carbon emitters.
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Blog: LAC project arrival at Disko
Arriving at Disko Island (known as Qeqertarsuaq in Greenlandic) the team prepare for fieldwork.
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Blog: LAC project at Disko 4 – mosquitoes and icebergs
LAC project latest blog featuring icebergs and more mosquitoes as the intrepid scientists boat and hike to Disko lake 4.
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Blog: LAC project fieldwork with bite
Returning from lakes Disko 1 and 2 our team recover from their hard work - and some mosquito bites.
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